Later he became President of Yarrow plc until 1987, and was a non-executive director of the Clydesdale Bank from 1962 to 1985 then chairman until 1991.
10 Facts About Eric Yarrow
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Eric Yarrow is credited with steering successfully the distinguished Glasgow shipbuilding company through some of the most turbulent periods in the British shipbuilding industry's history and with enhancing the name and status of the family firm when many shipyards were failing.
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Sir Eric Yarrow went to great efforts to maintain and develop this reputation, leading to a stream of orders from the Royal Navy and overseas navies when new business was thin on the ground.
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Eric Yarrow was appointed a Vice-President of RINA in 1972 as well as serving as prime warden of the Shipwrights' Company, among other charitable activities.
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Eric Yarrow is succeeded to the title by his eldest grandson, Ross.
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At home Sir Eric Yarrow held appointments with a number of shipbuilding and other engineering organisations He was Deacon of the Incorporation of Hammermen in the Trades House in Glasgow in 1961, Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights in 1970, and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1975.
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Eric Yarrow followed the family tradition of support for the Princess Louise Hospital at Erskine, acting as chairman of the board of governors for several years, and personally supporting many functions and fund-raising activities.
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Eric Yarrow took an active interest in the Burma Star Association, becoming president of the Scottish Branch in 1990.
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Sir Eric Yarrow lived in Renfrewshire with his third wife, Caroline Botting, nee Masters, whom he married in 1982.
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Eric Yarrow died on 22 September 2018 at the age of 98.